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Walk 21 Vancouver
Transforming the Automobile City: Walking Steps Up! I was honoured to be accepted to participate in this year’s Walk 21 conference as part of the Pecha Kucha presentations. Below you will find both the slides and the accompanying text that I presented today. These last two days have been very fulfilling. I’ve seen old classmates […]
In Support of Bike Lanes & Public Squares
August 17, 2011
Two related issues that have caught my attention this morning are the Vancouver Public Space Network’s petition to permanently pedestrianize the 800-block of Robson Street , and David Suzuki’s article in support of bike lanes. Beginning from the end, Suzuki’s article in the Georgia Straight sums up our current reality with the following statement: As […]
A Real Public Square
November 29, 2010
Dear City Council and Mayor Robertson: Councillor Suzanne Anton is doing this city a great service by introducing a motion to expand Robson Square with the permanent closure of Robson Street between Howe and Hornby. Doing so would give Vancouver something it sorely lacks: a truly pedestrianized public space; a place to stay rather than […]
Fragmented Geographies
February 6, 2010
Afternoon School at VIVO Media Arts Centre Monday, 22 February 2010, 2pm FRAGMENTED GEOGRAPHIES Presented by Natalie Ethier Fragmented Geographies will explore psychogeography, dérive/drift, and the right to the city to raise questions around contested spaces, constructed landscapes and temporal infrastructure created by and for Vancouver 2010. Participants will be invited to create memory maps […]
October 4, 2011
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